The Thirty-Nine Steps (Warbler Classics Annotated Edition)

The Thirty-Nine Steps (Warbler Classics Annotated Edition) - Paperback

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The Thirty-Nine Steps (Warbler Classics Annotated Edition) - Paperback

The Thirty-Nine Steps (Warbler Classics Annotated Edition) - Paperback

by John Buchan
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Book Overview

As war looms in Europe, Richard Hannay returns from Rhodesia to his home in London. His neighbor, an American freelance spy named Franklin Scudder, claims to know of an assassination plot to destabilize Europe. When Hannay finds Scudder dead in his flat he is drawn into a fast-paced labyrinthine adventure that takes him from the hills of Scotland to an unassuming location by the sea. The progenitor of the classic man-on-the-run thriller, The Thirty-Nine Steps first appeared as a serial adventure story in Blackwood's Magazine from August to September 1915 and in book form in October of that year. Since its publication it has never been out of print and has been frequently adapted for television, radio, theater, and film, including, quite famously, a 1935 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
ISBN9781957240084
Author John Buchan
PublisherWarbler Classics
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedDecember 2021
LanguageENG- English
Pages120
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About John Buchan

John Buchan, one of Alfred Hitchcock's favorite writers, was a Scottish diplomat, barrister, journalist, historian, poet and novelist. He published nearly 30 novels and seven collections of short stories. He was born in Perth, an eldest son, and studied at Glasgow and Oxford. In 1901 he became a barrister of the Middle Temple and a private secretary to the High Commissioner for South Africa. In 1907 he married Susan Charlotte Grosvenor and they subsequently had four children. After spells as a war correspondent, Lloyd George's Director of Information and Conservative MP, Buchan moved to Canada in 1935. He served as Governor General there until his death in 1940. Andrew Greig is a prize-winning writer and poet whose novel The Return of John MacNab (Faber 2002) is being filmed for the BBC.

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